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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
2
The note mentions ex Confederates preparing to move on New Orleans and reports on Missouri editors touring Texas. It also notes progress toward opening the Rusk iron furnace and references Bryan Texas dated May 15, 1903.
The Texas Bankers' Association meeting in Sherman contributed $500 to support the boll weevil crusade. The donation signals industry backing for pest control efforts and agricultural protection.
General Longstreet lies gravely ill at his Washington DC residence with fears for his life. Meanwhile Congressman Tom Ball weighs resignation from the Houston district sparking talk of a scramble for congressional honors. An attempt to derail an H and T C passenger train in Washington county was foiled when a rail was loosened and cross ties stacked on the track.
Louise Hadley, a white Indianapolis hotel worker who was fired for refusing to remake a bed used by Booker Washington, has been offered a job at a Houston hotel. The case highlights racial and employment tensions surrounding Washington’s visits.
The Hagle urges the city council to mark street names, calling it a convenience and a permanent advertisement for the town with relatively small cost.
Miss Floy Gilmore named assistant attorney general for the Philippine Islands. She becomes the first woman in the role. The Morristown incident involved a Hungarian girl and two lovers, who fought over her, leaving them insensible.
Local Democrats in the Cleveland area argue he should have little input into the presidential nomination process regardless of the outcome, reflecting a guarded stance on his role.
A letter from Iligan Mindanao dated March 15 1903 describes engineers surveying a 25 mile road from Iligan to a lake, with blasting and bridge building while Cavalry guard and Moros resist. The plan expects three more months of work and mixed native attitudes toward peace or opposition.
H O Boatwright and A W Wilkerson have returned from the bankers convention in Sherman. Mr and Mrs Owen Ford and J F Fannin of Hollis Madison county were here yesterday. John Russell Zulrich Madison county was in the city yesterday. Dan Connell Madisonville merchant was in the city yesterday. Beal Chatham from Hempstead was here yesterday. T W Frame of Edge was in the city yesterday. S J Bain from Houston is here.
A letter from Waco Texas signed by a man named Podgett is sent to the family of William S Whitewell a Harvard student and athlete missing for some time The writer says a man answering Whitewells description visited him claiming Harvard affiliation The visitor described himself as the son of a prominent New York resident and hid the callers location from his father
Traveling at fifty miles an hour the special train of E H Harriman passes Ogden without stopping at Union Station en route from San Francisco to New York. Harriman requested the pass to avoid a deputy U S marshal awaiting to serve papers in a $27,000,000 suit by the heirs of former Governor Durkee against the Central Pacific railroad.
Francis A. Lowry of Company G reports from a camp where about 10,000 soldiers are stationed. He says the enemy is weak, describes indolent local people, shared clothing, and crowds, notes regular pay, lack of liquor or stores, and gambling as the main pastime among troops.
A large turnout of cotton mill owners from the South and visiting mill men from New England gathered in Charlotte for the seventh annual Southern Cotton Spinners Association meeting. President George B. Hiss welcomed attendees, delivered the annual address after elections, and Gen. W. F. Draper of Hopedale, Massachusetts spoke on rapidly running or yielding bearing spindles.
In New Orleans on May 14 the cotton market opened wildly with July options up twenty-one points to 12 cents from 11.79. August gained twenty points to 11.31 and September rose eleven points to 9.27. The advance followed sensational Liverpool reports.
New Orleans May 14. T M Solomon & Co financial reps of Nicaragua report a cablegram from the government announcing the capture of the steamer Victoria and all revolutionists. Peace reigns throughout the republic.
Brazos County Farmers Institute schedules an all day meeting at Harris Schoolhouse on Friday May 22 with a 10 o’clock start and a dinner on the premises. Speakers from afar will address attendees and locals are urged to bring well filled baskets. Dr R M Howe and Dr H A Long parted ways with Dr Howe moving to St Louis while Dr Long stays in Bryan.
Guthrie Okla May 14 W H Williams postmaster at Iconium and his clerk R F Childs were arrested on embezzling post office funds. Warrants were issued for two others charged with complicity. All named are colored.
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